Demountable resilient-tire-seating rim for motor-car or other vehicle wheels.



J. G. HODGSON & J. G. HODGSON, Jn. DEMOUNTABLE EESILIENT TIHE SEATING EIM E011 MOTOR 0.1111 0H oTHEE VEHICLE WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED MAB..17,1910.

981,594. Patented .1an.10,1911.

MEM., MM

Ida rm@ JOHN Gr. HODGSON AND JOHN Gr. HODGSON,

E, STAIQENT oFFiCE.

Ja., or MAYwooD, ILLrNors.

DEMOUNTABLE EESIEIEN'r-TIRE-SEATI'NG EIM EonJ Moron-CAE on OTHER VEHICLE WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.' 1o, '11911.

Application filed March 17, 1910. Serial No. 549,925.

`Our invention relates to improvements in demountable tire seating' rims for motor car or other vehicle wheels. K

Theobject of our invention is to provide a demountable tire seating rimfor resilienttires of -motor car wheels or other vehicle wheels, which will be of a strong, simple, efficient vand vdurable construction, and enable the tire seating'rim to be quickly removed and replaced upon which at the same time will not exert any outward or bursting strain upon the demountable tire seating rim, and which-will also be adapted for use u on tire seating rims of any suitable, desired or known construction.

ln the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a resilient tired motor car wheel .embodying our invention. Fig.'2is a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.Y

-Fig 4 illustrates a modification.

In the drawing, 1 represents a motor ycar or other vehicle wheel, 2 its resilient tire of any suitable type or construction, 3 the tire seatin rim of any suitable jkind or construction, 4 the fel'ly, 5 a metal band shrunkthereon and 6 a coperating metal ring or band-secured to, and preferably in a separate piece from the tire seating rim 3, and 7 clamp bolts extending through the band 5 and ring 6.

The metal band 5 which is'shrunk upon the felly of the wheel in the usual manner is provided on its innerside with an upright flange 0r rib 8, having double cone or wedge faces 9, 10 projecting toward the outer side of the wheel and preferably of an external or rib variety. The metal band or ring 5 is also provided. on its outer side with a rib 11, having double cone or wedge faces 12, 13, and preferably of an external groove or V variety and likewise facing toward the outer side of the wheel.

The coperat-ing metal ring or band 6 is` the wheel, and v'6, because the interengaging provided near its inner edge and on its inner face with a rib r14: Vhaving double cone or wedge faces .15 and 16, adapted to en-` gage the double cone or wedge faces 9, 10 of the band 5, and on its outer side the demountable ring 6 is rovided with a flange or rib 17, having doub e 'conel or wedge faces 18, 19 adapted to engage the double cone or wedge faces 12, 13 of the rib 11 on the band 5. y, The clamp bolts 7 extend transversely through the lbands or rings 5, 6 or the flanges 8, 17 thereof, and are furnished with threaded nuts 20 which, when screwed home, clamp the demountable tire seating rim 3 and its ring 6 very rigidly, firmly and securely on the metal bands without exerting any outward wedging or bursting strain or pressure on said rim 3 orv its ring double coneY or wedge faces of the bandsl or rings 5, 6 effectually neutralize each other. To prevent thel'ribs 11 and `14 on the rings 5, 6 from interfering with the bolts 7 as the bolts are screwed home and the parts clamped together, we provide said ribs 11 and 14 with notches or cut out portions 21, 22 at the bolts 7. -For the same purpose, the rib or flange 17 on the ring 6 is provided with somewhat oblong slots 23 for the bolts to pass through. These slots also facilitate removal. i

The -ring 6,` for conveniencey of manufacture, is preferably made in a separate piece from the demountable tire seating rim 3 and secured thereto by rivets 24.

The tire seating rim 3 may be of any suitable, desired or known construction. We have, for convenience in the drawing, illustrated the same as of a wellv known quick detachable side ring type, that is to say, as provided at the inner side of the wheel with a flange 25 and side ring 26 and at the outer side of the wheel with a groove 27, split ring 28 and side ring 29.

lhe transverse bolts 7 extending through the rims or rings 5, 6 effectually prevent anyv tendency toward circumferential slipping of the rings in respect to each other. 1f desired, other sui-table provisions, may be provided for such purpose.

ln the modification illustrated in Fig. Ll, the rim 5 and ring 6. are each furnished at the outer side of the tire with only single cone or wedge faces 30 and 31 respectively. Dirt is entirely excluded from between the rims or ringsB', 5 as the joints betvven'the rims are tight fitting and double conegor wedg and as the WashersV 32 and nuts' bolts 7 close the slots through Which-the bolts -the parts that vma extend. In our construction also,' the ready V"ino Way interfered with by any rusting of occur, owing to the double cone orwe ge contact-ing faces of these rings. We'cla1m:-

1. In a vd. emountable wheel rim, the com# lblnatlon, .with lan inner j metal band on the wheel having oppositely disposed concentric v'removal or separation of thesrings 3, 5

double cone or Wedge faces, of a tire seat-y ing rim having a member furnished with oppositely disposed concentric double cone.

or wedge faces engaging the double' cone or wedge 'faces of said metal band, 'and clamping bolts extending through said metal band and-ring, said double cone faces neu-l tralizing vfeach other and preventing any bursting strainl being exerted upon the tire seating rim or lthe member secured thereto,

substantially asv specified-. 2. In-'a vdemountableV vehicle Wheel rim,

i the combinationvvitha metal band on the wheel, having at its inner edge double c one or-wedge faces and atits outeredge double cone or wedge. faces, of a demountable tire seating rim havinga ring furnished with double cone orwedge faces at its inner ed e,

and with double cone or wedge faces at lts outer edge interengagingwithsaid double Vcone or wedge faces on said metal band, and

clamp bolts extending through said metal band and ring, said double cone faces onsaid band and ring neutralizing each other 'and preventin any bursting strain being exerted upon t e tire seating rim, substantially as'specifed.

3. In a demountable vehicle'V Wheel rim, the combination With an inner met-al band on the wheel, provided on its inner side with of a demounta le tire seating a flange havin double cone or wedge faces, rim having a member furnished at its inner side wlth double cone or wedge faces, and on its outer -side with a ang,-and clamping bolts ex tending through said flange and through' said flange of said metal band, said double venting any bursting strain being exerted upon the tire seating rim or the member secured thereto, substantially as specified.

4. In a dmountable vehicle wheel rim, the combination `with a metal band on the Wheel, having at its inner edge double cone' or wedge faces and at its outer .edge double cone or vvedge faces, of a demountable tire seating rlm having a ring furnished with doublel cone or Wedge faces at its Ainner edge,

. cone faces neutralizing each other and pre and .with double cone orwed e faces at its outer edge interengaging wit said double cone or wedge faces on said metal band, and

' Clamp, bolts extending through said metal band and ring, one of said double cone faces being radially inside of and the other 'set radially outside of said clamp'bolts, substantially as/specied.

5. In a demountable vehicle wheel rim for resilient tires, the combination with a metal band on the wheelhaving at the inner l side of the wheel an annular fla-nge, of' a demountable tire seating' rim having on its inner face a ring provided yat the outer side' ofthe wheel wlthan annular flange, and clam bolts extending'transversely 'through the anges of said band and ring, said band 

